Phillipsburg Mine

The Phillipsburg Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Phillipsburg Mine
Secondary: Phillips Group

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Diamond District (Phillipsburg)

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Eureka Silver Mines Co.
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1866
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Limestone

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Stibnite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES IN A 3 FT. QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN

Comment (Deposit): 1864 DISCOVERY OF MR. PHILLIPS; 1866 SMALL PRODUCTION THEN ABANDONED (VAN DERBERY 1938) DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 300 FOOT ADIT AND 1,000 FEET OF DRIFTS, SHORT ADITS. 1922 EUREKA SILVER MINES CO RAN THE DUMP, BUT WERE DISCOURAGED (TBID, 1938). 1917 SOME SMALL ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT (MINING & SECENTIFIC PRESS, VLLS, 1917). SOME PRODUCTION 1936-1955. OTHER EARTY (1864) LOCATIONS WERE: UTAH, SILVER WEATY, CASH, BLUE WAVE, HIDDEN TREASURE, PATRIOT, & CURTIS: KELLER. (REICHMAN, FW, 1967) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): SULFIDES ARE FOUND IN A CAL./QTZ. VEIN AVERAGING 3 FEET IN THICKNESS, TRENDING N-S, 45 DEG W. FE OXIDES AND PG OXIDES STAINS PLUS CU CARBONATES THE LIMESTONE AND VEIN MATERIAL. THE LIMESTONE IS SILICIFIED.

Comment (Location): S.1/2 OF SEC. 35

Comment (Development): SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1866, THEN ABANDONED. EUREKA SILVER MINES, INC., RAN THE DUMP WITH LITTLE SUCESS. THERE WAS SOME ACTIVITY IN 1917 AND FROM 1936 TO 1955.

Comment (Workings): A 300-FT ADIT AND 1000 FEET OF DRIFTS, SHORT ADITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): REICHMAN, F.W., 1967, EARTY HISTORY OF EUREKA CO., NEVADA 1863-1890 "MA THESIS U OF N.

Reference (Deposit): VANDENBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA COUNTY NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM INF. CIRC. 7022

Reference (Deposit): ROVERTS, ET ALL, 1967, MBMG BULL 64-GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEVADA.

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.